Co-teaching has become an increasingly utilized service delivery option that affects many students, including those from diverse groups. However, merely placing students with disabilities in general education classrooms and encouraging their teachers to work together is not sufficient for achieving improved results. In this overview session we will explore three major dimensions essential to contemporary, outcomes-driven co-teaching: (a) the updated roles and responsibilities of both general and special educators in the co-taught class (let’s get past the marriage metaphor); (b) specially designed instruction (SDI) in co-teaching (otherwise, why are we doing this?); and (c) co-teaching structures, including creative and effective variations of them (going beyond the traditional six approaches).